Yeghishe Tadevosyan

b. 1870 — d. 1936

Yeghishe Martirosi Tadevosyan was an Armenian painter associated with the Peredvizhniki and Mir Iskusstva movements. He was awarded by the Renowned Master of Arts title by the Armenian SSR. He studied at Lazarian School, then entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Vasily Polenov was Tadevosyan's teacher and friend. He participated in the drawing at Polenov’s house. In 1898 he was awarded two prizes. His famous paintings are "Self-portrait", "Mount Ararat from Etchmiadzin", "The Genius and the Crowd", "Komitas" and others. He was the founder and head of the Union of Armenian Artists. Yeghishe Tadevosyan is buried at Komitas Pantheon which is located in the city center of Yerevan. A street in Yerevan and an Art school in Ejmiadzin are named after Tadevosyan.